At this year’s New York Climate Week, we confirmed our commitment to climate action. Our Group Environmental Manager Anna Åkesson took part in discussions with global leaders, highlighting how the private sector is a driving force for sustainable change.

Large bridges are remarkable pieces of infrastructure that connect communities and improve people’s lives. However, their construction and operation often creates large carbon footprints. One way to reduce the climate impact of existing bridges is to significantly extend their lifespans, getting more value from the initial carbon investment.

Helsinki’s Finlandia Hall is regularly enjoyed by thousands of people. However, the 50-year-old congress and concert hall was showing signs of its age, not least in its outdated, high-energy consuming building systems. Our comprehensive renovation of the beloved building is bringing it up to modern standards, while preserving its vital cultural legacy.

In this episode of our Shaping Sustainable Places podcast, experts Emma Viklund and Mehdi Nourbakhsh discuss how AI is being used within the construction industry. Emma is Innovation Lead at Skanska and helps to ensure our different business units share knowledge on new, more efficient techniques. Mehdi is CEO at tech consultancy YegaTech and the author of the book Augment It, How Architecture, Engineering And Construction Leaders Leverage Data And Artificial Intelligence To Build A Sustainable Future.

The global climate summit COP28 brought together leaders from government, business, academia and the climate sector in Dubai over the past two weeks.

We live in an age of extraordinary technological changes. An explosion in digital capabilities, including data analysis and the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning, is helping redefine the way we work, connect and spend our leisure time.

The successful Powerhouse concept of energy-positive buildings is breaking new ground with construction now underway of the first Powerhouse homes in Trondheim, Norway.

For people living with conditions such as autism and ADHD, regular offices can be an energy-sapping mix of noise and distractions. A new report co-authored by Skanska suggests that tweaks to workplace design could improve working environments for both ‘neuroatypical’ and ‘neurotypical’ people alike.

Farsighted investors know that climate risk equals financial risk, and they are incorporating sustainability into their investment decisions. With regulatory frameworks as the foundation, how is investment driving sustainability? What are investors looking for when investing and how will this change the construction and development industry?

The Covid-19 pandemic forced a rapid and almost universal shift to remote work in roles where a virtual office was possible. Now, even while many organizations are reopening their offices, many workers say they prefer to continue to work from home.

The construction and real estate industries have not historically been at the forefront of digital innovation. The push for a more sustainable built environment, combined with a shifting political and economic landscape, is changing this, and smarter technology is having an increasingly positive impact.

Just like the Earth’s ecosystem, our global society is a complex system of interconnected functions. No single organization or entity can hope to manage them all. That’s why cooperation between organizations is essential, especially when it comes to sustainability. A network of civic and industry leaders and experts all working together to share knowledge and resources is key to shaping sustainable places and communities.

Zero-energy and zero-emission buildings are seen as an important step in reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment.

The number of people living in urban environments is increasing rapidly, but that doesn’t mean that cities have to grow in an uncontrolled manner.

With an ever-growing world population and worsening climate changes, it's important that we build sustainable cities that can house everyone throughout future generations to come. These cities must be inclusive, safe and resilient.